Pestifero is a uniquely hand-drawn display typeface that gives infinite customizable options and a fully authentic look. Pestifero’s idea originates from an urge to combine type design with graffiti. Almost like using a sample for making a beat. So I focused on a familiar font and melted it with a typical spray can stroke. I’ve started designing Pestifero in 2021 and I still work on it. Through experimentation, I have found that the larger the font is used, the more you feel the raw energy that I love so much in graffiti. Peace
Blue lines next
Layout (size 210 x 297 mm) for a calendar (year 2022) with customized typeface (numbers) for an electricity company. This typeface is based from geometric shapes, with variations of size (and hatching).
Dusseldot
Dusseldot has three main styles, one of which is a classic font as we know it, and two are abstract forms, which represent the movement of a person walking through Düsseldorf, recorded through GPS tracking. Variability allows one style to flow into another smoothly; this deformation can be stopped at any point, isolating the movement within phases. It enables the creation of twisted glyphs. Dusseldot supports most European languages and Cyrillic.
Jump over type
Wood letters (from customized typeface) with red plastic support glued over it. This sentence offers two levels of reading because of the hidden word “Move” (hachured letters). Another way to present typography outside of print medias. With integration of these letters in an environment (and other pictures for making-of).
SPRING
For a billboard in Hamburg Eppendorf, a poster design was created that deconstructs the individual components of the term spring and reassembles them into a typographic pattern.
100 Jahre deutscher Tanzsportverband
For the stamp design competition with the theme “100 Jahre deutscher Tanzsportverband”, three designs were created that illustrate the concept of dance using typography. Curves, twists, repetitions and the movement of individual body parts are translated into geometric shapes that form as part of a lettering. (not realised)
100 Jahre deutscher Tanzsportverband
For the stamp design competition with the theme “100 Jahre deutscher Tanzsportverband”, three designs were created that illustrate the concept of dance using typography. Curves, twists, repetitions and the movement of individual body parts are translated into geometric shapes that form as part of a lettering. (not realised)
100 Jahre deutscher Tanzsportverband
For the stamp design competition with the theme “100 Jahre deutscher Tanzsportverband”, three designs were created that illustrate the concept of dance using typography. Curves, twists, repetitions and the movement of individual body parts are translated into geometric shapes that form as part of a lettering. (not realised)
“Sekt Auf Eis”
The „SEKT AUF EIS“ type was born during a cold winter night with cold drinks! To still be able to drink cold drinks during wintertime, there was a need of a scarf. The type is based on champagne-Bubbles. Stretched and positioned on a grid you can read the type. If you are very close, you are not able to read it and its only a pattern which is decorative element for the scarf as well. We also wanted to play with the tipsy feeling while you have some glasses of champagne.
250 years Beethoven
The design was created for a competition to mark Beethoven’s 250th birthday,
it combines the typography with the notes of Beethoven’s popular piano piece „Für Elise“ into a pattern. The colour and individual components of the notes are repeated in the typography and allow image and text to merge.
3D T
George Regular
George regular is a custom type design playing with irregular blocky letters. A personal poster project series as a specimen produced to experiment and illustrate the possibilities of an irregular design. Type for the future. A tribute to George Constanza, the most irregular character.
MB Synth02
I have recycled a photo of a synthesizer modul to make it become the foundation for building typeface family.
I have stripped this image down to a grid on which to design aesthetically coherent glyph systems.
After this «semantic shift», the DNA of the initial image continues to resonate in every letter deriving from it, as well as in the words these letters form.
Although the process is codified, it is the designer’s subjectivity that ultimately prevails: he is the one who selects the elements of the image on which to trace the grid; it is he who defines the glyphs that will compose, in a coherent way, the new alphabet.
MB Perspective
I have recycled a photo of a trellis to make it become the foundation for building typeface family.
I have stripped this image down to a grid on which to design aesthetically coherent glyph systems.
After this «semantic shift», the DNA of the initial image continues to resonate in every letter deriving from it, as well as in the words these letters form.
Although the process is codified, it is the designer’s subjectivity that ultimately prevails: he is the one who selects the elements of the image on which to trace the grid; it is he who defines the glyphs that will compose, in a coherent way, the new alphabet.
MB Wall
I have recycled a wall photo to make it become the foundation for building typeface family.
I have stripped this images down to a grid on which to design aesthetically coherent glyph systems.
After this «semantic shift», the DNA of the initial image continues to resonate in every letter deriving from it, as well as in the words these letters form.
Although the process is codified, it is the designer’s subjectivity that ultimately prevails: he is the one who selects the elements of the image on which to trace the grid; it is he who defines the glyphs that will compose, in a coherent way, the new alphabet.
Bad road
Plastic letters (from customized typeface) with geometric shapes cut out and placed on a disused railway line. Another way to present typography outside of print medias. With integration of these letters in an environment.
Ficciones Typografica
Announcement poster for a lecture by graphic designer Erik Brandt on his project Ficciones Typografica at the Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts
Venice is a fish
I have recycled a top view of the city of Venice to make it become the foundation for building typeface family.
I have stripped this images down to a grid on which to design aesthetically coherent glyph systems.
After this «semantic shift», the DNA of the initial image continues to resonate in every letter deriving from it, as well as in the words these letters form.
Although the process is codified, it is the designer’s subjectivity that ultimately prevails: he is the one who selects the elements of the image on which to trace the grid; it is he who defines the glyphs that will compose, in a coherent way, the new alphabet.
If you haven’t red, use white
Assembly of red plates with engraving and letter cutting (from customized serif-typeface). This work was the subject of an exhibition in a gallery in collaboration with other artists. Another way to present typography outside of print medias.
Image Based Types
I have recycled images from my daily life (maps, photographs, illustrations, drawings, …) to make them become the foundation for building typeface families.
How? I have stripped these images down to a grid on which to design aesthetically coherent glyph systems.
After this «semantic shift», the DNA of the initial image continues to resonate in every letter deriving from it, as well as in the words these letters form.
Although the process is codified, it is the designer’s subjectivity that ultimately prevails: he is the one who selects the elements of the image on which to trace the grid; it is he who defines the glyphs that will compose, in a coherent way, the new alphabet.
Lesbarkeit
Free poster discussing the relationship between readability and communication.
Design Workshops
The poster announces design workshops at Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. It discusses the gap between digital working and handcrafted production in modern graphic design. The poster combines both analogue letter stamps and digital vector graphics. It is printed in 8 rounds and 2 colors (black + black) on a A3 laserprinter with special folding techniques.
What Design Can Do
What Design Can Do announces electric line-up at new design festival on June 3rd, 2022. At the International Theater Amsterdam, 1,000+ creatives will unite around design, climate action, and social justice.
Third time’s the charm! After two years of delays, What Design Can Do (WDCD) is finally returning to Amsterdam with a new edition of its festival on the impact of design. At the heart of the one-day festival is a packed program of urgent talks, exhibitions, and workshops on the intersection of design, climate action, and social justice. Together, it will be discovered how design can help us imagine a better world, and empower those who dare to build it.
Leading the conversation is a line-up of creative visionaries: revolutionary fashion designer Adebayo Oke-Lawal (NG); award-winning architect Marwa Al-Sabouni (SY); triple-threat designer—activist—academic Julia Watson (US); Pussypedia founders Zoe Mendelson (UK) & María Conejo (MX); acclaimed photojournalist Kadir van Lohuizen (NL); innovative digital fashion designer Amber Jae Slooten (NL); legendary designer Bruce Mau (CA); expert environmental policy advisor Yvo de Boer (NL); Emmy-winning film director Josh Fox (US); multi-faceted designer and Pentagram partner Eddie Opara (UK), and more to be announced soon.
A Call for Urgency and Optimism
With each passing year, it becomes clearer that all of humanity’s most pressing problems are deeply interconnected. Fortunately, the same holds true for the best of our solutions. “At WDCD Live 2022, we’re bringing change makers from radically diverse disciplines together, to unravel the knot from every direction,” explains WDCD co-founder and creative director Richard van der Laken. “From designers and diplomats, to activists and architects—we’re going to have the skills and thinking-power needed for lasting change, all in one room. There’s real power in that.”
To explore the full range of creatives’ capabilities, the festival will dive into some of the greatest ecological and social issues of our time, as well as the threads that connect them:
The Climate for Change Is Here—There is growing consensus among climate activists that need to be moved beyond the linear economy, and fast. The pandemic has brought into sharp focus the realization that to secure a healthy future for both people and planet, we need to break away from business as usual. But where do we go from here? Can design redefine its own relationship with consumerism, waste, and value? And how can we make a circular future not just accessible—but enticing—for people from all walks of life?
Gender, Design, and Power—What does it mean to have a seat at the table? At WDCD Live 2022, the focus will be shifted from what it takes to pull up a chair, to how the people, as an industry, can rebuild the table from scratch. Together you will dive into why the gender gap remains so widespread, asking: what are the biases and injustices that the system is built on? And how design can be used as a tool to advocate for the rights of women, non-binary, trans, and queer communities?
No Climate Action Without Social—The richest 1% of the world’s population are responsible for twice as much carbon dioxide as the poorest 50%, and yet they do not equally share the burden of its consequences. Now, more than ever, we must champion climate action that also centers and uplifts the world’s most vulnerable people. Using a decolonial lens, the festival’s program will evaluate the links between design and climate justice and invite participants to transform their creative skills into activism.
A Day Designed for Maximum Impact
In a nutshell, here are the main components of this year’s edition of WDCD Live in Amsterdam:
– A main stage program featuring illuminating talks by 10+ thought-leaders in the creative industries, plus a string of musical performances to bring the crowd to their feet.
– A parallel program that invites visitors to dive deeper; featuring exhibitions and panel discussions on themes like gender equality, the circular economy and design in times of Covid-19.
– The chance to collaborate and grow your own impact in a range of interactive workshops, classes and networking sessions—including a pitch event featuring 11+ leading, innovative start-ups.
– An afterparty for visitors to raise a glass together and close the festivities in style. WDCD will be announcing more details about this year’s program over the next few weeks. As the date of the festival is coming nearer, the health and safety policies will be updated to follow the latest recommended Covid-19 guidelines. To stay in the know—and to catch any previews in the run-up to the event—interested parties can follow What Design Can Do on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.
About What Design Can Do
What Design Can Do (WDCD) is an international platform that advocates for design as a tool for social change. Since 2011, WDCD has undertaken numerous activities to promote the role of designers in addressing the world’s most pressing societal and environmental issues. To date, WDCD has hosted 14 successful conferences in Amsterdam, São Paulo, and México City. In 2016, WDCD launched an ambitious design challenge program that engages the creative community with urgent societal issues such as the wellbeing of refugees and climate change.
What Design Can Do
When?
June 3rd, 2022
Where?
International Theater Amsterdam
Leidseplein 26
1017 PT Amsterdam
Netherlands
Click here for more information
Experimental Daily Typographic Poster
While I was waiting at airports and train stations, I took a photo while watching the timeline on the digital screen, and I thought why not an experimental font design on these screens, I created a sketch for this work and came up with a completely experimental font design.